There are some good marriages, but practically no delightful ones.
One honor won is a surety for more.
Nothing is given so profusely as advice.
Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity.
Ridicule dishonours more than dishonour.
When we enlarge upon the affection our friends have for us, this is very often not so much out of a sense of gratitude as from a desire to persuade people of our own great worth, that can deserve so much kindness.